Anyone care to venture a guess on age?
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Kay Hummel
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Anyone care to venture a guess on age?
I just picked up this odd duck of a lap steel. It is branded Guya on one headstock. From the limited history I can find, the original builder started his company in 1933, and was conscripted into the military in 1940 when everything went on hold. I am guessing it was a cottage industry business. He restarted manufacture in 1948 and started using the Guyatone name in 1951.
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Brendan Mitchell
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Re: Anyone care to venture a guess on age?
Did Guya morph into Guyatone?
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Donny Hinson
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Re: Anyone care to venture a guess on age?
Yes, that Japanese company started as" GUYA" back in the the 1930's, but morphed back and forth between that and "GUYATONE" and "GUYA-TONE" through the years. I'd guess that being a 6-8 console, it was made in the late '40s or early '50s', because the 8-stringers weren't really that popular until after WWII.